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Sleep App: Morning news team still getting bad sleep

When some of you go to bed tonight, the KOAT morning crew will just be waking up. A few months ago, they tested the "Sleep Cycle" app to see if they were getting enough sleep. They found out, they weren't.

A few months ago, the Action 7 News morning news team tested the Sleep Cycle app to see if they were getting enough shuteye.

To use the app, the anchors put their iPhones underneath their bed sheets and set alarms. The app uses sensors to track movements during the night, and tracks the amount and quality of sleep people get.

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During the first test, the anchors got between 4 and 7 hours of sleep each night.

“I have gotten used to it, to this shift, but I have no idea what life could be like with sleep,” Marisa Maez said.

After using the app for a few months, the anchors saw little to no difference in sleep quality.

Madeleine Grigg-Damburger, a professor of neurology, said the anchor team may be getting enough sleep, even if it’s not a lot.

She said it honestly just depends on the person. Shift work is the hardest, she added, because of the non-traditional sleep schedule.

Sleep Cycle said they’ve done some research, and found Albuquerque spends the most time in bed and gets some of the best quality sleep in the nation.

Grigg-Damburger said there is a test to find out how much sleep a person needs. Take a few days off without work or any plans, and go to bed and wake up when it feels right. On the third day, count the hours you slept.